Cases linked to an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) connected to a pub in a Welsh village continue to occur more than a decade later, it has been found. A recent report into the TB outbreak which has seen dozens of cases since 2010 in Llwynhendy has described the initial response as "inadequate".
The report, chaired by Professor Mike Morgan, ex-national clinical director for respiratory disease for NHS England, identified four phases of the outbreak between 2010 and 2022. According to the report, the outbreak first occured in Llwynhendy when a 71-year-old connected to a pub in the village contracted the disease.
The report, which was jointly commissioned by Hywel Dda health board and Public Health Wales (PHW), stated that she was identified in 2010 and had been highly infectious for a prolonged period of time due to a delay in her diagnosis.
